At the beginning of the year I set a goal of exercising four times a week: two runs, one swim, one bike. And I have completely failed to do that, given that I’ve been in the pool less than ten times all year. It’s just been too difficult to harmonize child care for the girls with the ever-fluctuating schedule at the Y.
Having said that, my exercise output has been very good, it’s just been different than I expected. So far in 2009, I’ve exercised 133 of 261 days, for about 895 miles. At this time last year, I had logged 122 workouts for 721 miles. And since I’ve rebooted FIRST training, four and five workout weeks have been the rule, even if I’ve been mostly running and biking.
In September 2008 I completely whiffed, exercising only 6 times in 30 days, and I wasn’t much better in October. Gotta avoid that this year. Chanting now: stay on the road, stay healthy, run the half-marathon, go from there…